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fr @555i N11-826,570. PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

' F. L. EARMN.

SEWING MAGHINE.

APPLIGTIOI FILED SEPT. 1l, 1097.

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1' 125535- QVEqm/I N0. 826,570. PATENTBD JULY 24, 1906. fF. L. HARMON.

SEWING'MAGHE.

, APPLIOATON FILED SEPT. 1L 1897.

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Nm 826,570. PATENTED JULY 24, 1906. F. L. HABMON. SEWING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION IYLBD SEPT. 1l... 189?.

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7" I: jqasses- No. 826,570. PTBETED JULY 24, 1906.

P. L. HARMUN. SBWNG MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11. 189?. Y

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Bpecication of Letters Patent. Y Y

Patented .my s4, 190e.

A Appliustiop iisd September 11, 189'?. Berici Ho: 851.825.

To all.' whom it. Amay concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK L. HAMON, of Beverly, in the county of Essex and VCornmonwealth of Massachusetts, vheave invented -a new and useful Sewing-Machine, of which thefolowi is s specification reference be in had to t e eccom anylng drawings.

's invention reel es in a. um ue mechanism-comprising journals, pivote levez-s, and Y connecting devices between said levers,V whereupon seid journals' and devices wherel upon stitches are formed-are turned gis n-f nesting mechanism between seid insigne 'mechanism and s driving-shaft, said nieciiworm, and a'eonnecting device between;seid

com and worm-wheei and also e rg mechanism; a clutch mechanism colllqiifrsjrxg;V

ism comprising a. ca1n worm-'wheeL Vend a a driving-shaft. and two ciutch members hsv?6 ing conical surfaces,b one clutch membercens,

nected with said shaft and the ether enrichi also a driving-pulley adapted; continuousi in practice? 8l" member bei to be rotate conical rction-brake-an means for mov,- ing Said dn tion for ingthe cutch member connected therewith into contact with the clutch member which is adapted to be rotated con: tinuously, and means. for moving sniddriving-shaft endwise in the oppositedirectionV for carrying the clutch member connected therewith out of contact with theclutch member which is adapted to berotated co'ntinuous and into contact with seid conici' rctionreke, and a mechsnisnicenipsngf a lever actuated by s. device carried Yin e csmslot in said lever by theldrivnglshft and another lever actuated bye device cred by thefirst-nemed ever in a cam-slot this lever. Y. Figure l shows ebottom plan ofsaid ma chine, and Fig. 2 shows eongitudinal section Y of the same. 3 isa perspective view of e. new mecha Ao1'. turning two journas for devices for devices s half-revolution Y e seid stitchforming devices .are

reresents e yoke comprising journals upon .w 'h

.meclmnism of the msc e, 'ssidseeise devices for vibrating stitch-fofiniYiVY Y V51Ure 'view of e novel friction-c utch devices nre mounted.

wheres n wer 'is connected to sind ggm 'thev oV 'tive ci' f.

view be' 6 shows e side elevtion of a part o the bedn'm'deon line 5 5 of Fig. 6. Fig

ving-shaft endwise in onedire,

youd the stand as dewnwerd nearilslyt'the bottom of shawn in Fig. 1. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are peryspectiv'e views` of `a new compound ratchet mechanism comprising ratchets, pend-cerf fiers, and pews. Fig. 10 shows a. cam and devices sre'moved or fed in relation a throat-plete or Work-su port.' Fi i 12 shows a spline-key by whic n. needlear is turned VVwith e journal while the needle-ber .Y isrvibrated in the journal and Fig. 13 shows Yshwrs e section of a hand-wheel 'eherenpon the stitchfforming devices are 'anmfed into a proper position to begin vtosew bn Ythe meter-isi and whereupontrsnsmitted -mg mechanism of the machine 4st the seme time.

' U on the 'bedqiiete A (shown in Fig. 1) near y :d1 of the operative parts of the ma.- chine are supported. To repair seid parte, the bed-plete A with said parts thereon may be turned up on the-pivots a and a into the ostion nvvhichitis shown in yseid re.

e erin C (sicvsnig. 2) is shown secured to .the bed-plste, and in Fig. 1 the sup ort D is shown secured to said bed-plete y six s'orevvs ve' of-vvhich are designated by circles e dotted around them. These ndotted neslregal-ssent bosses or egs onthe 'sup ort D, through which the screws extend.

In l 2 the journal-bearing c is situated in the end of the arm-C, and the rgirneiibesng c is situated in the'support Inssid journal-bearings the "our-nels b b of t'heyolre E (shown in mcvebiy mounted. In Fi that the 'support D covers 51e cam and gear d, which is movebly secured to the bearing fd en su ort D in the manner shown in 2. A s1 e elevation of e part. of the bed- 'ils'gterl Yshown es broken ed from the bedin -Fi 1 is shown is. Y Ypart of the be -plste .sY 'preects out be- B shown in Fig. 1, and

liiistsnd, as shown in efthe bed-plete A the brac t-arm c (shown 6 and 5) is secured in b the screws -c 'and as shown in Fig. 6. Ti; said bracketeer mede in rone disk, whereupon stitch ifthe histeria! to be sew'ed; and Fig. 1 1 shows shown as' lfeeeisr Vto which seid sp ine-key is secured.'

' 'cwer is connected to the operative or sewig. 4) are l it is'shown Sms gs. To rhs pm arm the friction disk or brake b is secured by the screws b and b4), as shown in Figs. 6 and 5. Said friction disk orbrake has a conical friction-surface, as is shown in Fig. 5. It is not absolutely necessary, however, for said friction disk or brake to have a conical frictionsurface, for a flat frictional surface can be -used. To said part of the bed-plate A (shown in Fi s. 1, 6, and 5) the bearing G, u on which t e loose pulley H (shown in 1g. 5) is mounted, is secured bg the screws d and d, as shown in Fig. 5. aid bearin G is a journal-bearing .for the driving-shaft as shown in Fig. 5.

The `loose driving-pulley H, which is also a friction-clutch member, is rotatably supported upon the'bearing G and is held on said bearing by the nut cal (Shown also in Fig. 5.) Said oose driving-pulle is rotated continuously in practice b a be t, whether the operative mechanism o the machine is in action or not, thereb rotating the conical friction-surface of sai driving-pulley, as will be plain b said re. The driving-shaft I, mounte in the )oumal-bearing G, is also mounted in the journal-bearing J on the bed-plate A. (Shown in Fig. 1.) Upon the driving-shaft I (shown in Fig. 1) the eccentric s is secured, and the eccentric-strap s is connected with said eccentric and with the slot in the pawl-carrier (shown in Figs. 7 and 9) by a screw, so that the pawl-carrier p* is vibrated by said eccentric-strap when the driving-shaft is rotated. U on the shaft I `a fiber friction disk or clutc member A', having two friction-surfaces and sha ed like the frustums of two cones with their ig ends put together, is also secured, as is shown in Figs. 5 and 1. These devices are arts of a clutch mechanism which is novel ecause it comprises devices, hereinafter described, where- -upon said shaft is moved endwise in practice to carry and force said friction disk or clutch member A (shown in Figs. 5 and 1) into `frictional contact with the conical frictionthe conical friction-surface of the friction disk or brake b to stop the operative devices of the machine.-

To avoid confusion, 4it has been considered to rst describe the construction of I some of the devices whereupon the stitch- 'forming devices are fed or moved in a circular direction before describing them in combination, it is n to underyscrew o', the crank or lever stand the construction of said devices separately, so that they ma be fully understood when they are describe in combination.

In Fig. 3 attention is called to the uni ue mechanism whereupon the stitch-forming i devices are fed or moved in a circular direction in relation to the material. I

The yoke Eis turned substantially a halfrevolution in 1practice by moving thel end of the lever n, w ich is shown as broken, a fractionalpart of an inch. The mechanical principles whereupon the yoke E may be turned a half-revolution by moving the end of the lever n such a short distance are employed b the devices shown in Fig. 3, described as fo lows: The wheel or lever o is ivoted on the is under vthe wheel or lever ol and is rigidly secured to the yoke E, and the screw 3, ri 'diy secured in said crank or lever, extends om said crank or lever up through the slot shown in the wheel or lever o. Upon the screw E the block E, which is adapted to be turned easily on the bod of said screw, fits inthe slot os in the whee or lever o. The wheel or lever oz has a screw n* rigidly secured therein, and upon the body of said screw the block n5 is mounted, so that said block will easily turn on said screw. Said block has a square part which fits into the groove u in the lever n, and the lever n is pivoted on the screw o. The body of this screw passes down through the boss o" on the lever n, and its threaded part is rigidly secured in the late D. The yoke E is rotatably silip orte as above described. The character is placed upon the yoke E instead of the character b', which is used to designate the lower journal of the yoke E, because I Wish to call attention to the whole yoke (shown in Fig. 4) instead of o ne of its journals. By moving the lever n (shown in Fig. 3) back and forth a short distance upon the pivot o, the slots o* and o1 admitting, the block n is,carried to- Ward and from the pivot-screw o, and the block Ezis carried toward and from the pivotscrew o', and the wheel or lever oz is turned more degrees than the lever 'n is turned, and the yoke E and the crank or leverE, secured thereto, are turned one hundred and eighty degrees substantially, which are more degrees than either one of the other levers is turned, and the devices for actuating the stitchforming devices (shown in 2) mounted upon said yoke are thereby carried in a circular direction by said yoke.

Fig. 3 is drawn from a model of this mechanisrn, because the model is'free from devices obsc it. However, this mechanism s shown su bstantig the same in Figs. I and 2, the princi al erence being that the lever n is pivot on the screw o, which is fast in the bracket D' instead of being fast in the plate D. (Shown in Fig. 3.)

p Having described the mechanism shown in i IOO Fi 3 and 1 whereupon thefoke E (shown in ige. v3, 2 and 4) is turno' it is obvious that w en the lever'n (shown in Fig. 3)'I is mech cally swunglupon the ivot o a short distance the yoke and otite .-forming des vices are ther-eb turned e half-revolution.

In Figs. 1 and 2 1t is shown that the block n are made in one disk. The

` n 'by the screw n passing is movablyfconneeted with the levers m` end through said lever m 'and seid block and three Y h a slot in said lever n. e eem end gear (shown in Fig. gear is shown in Fig. 1; but it is impr-acties. le to try to comprehensively show the cam d under the other devices -shown inFig. 1; but Fig. .1. shows that thelever m is lvoted upon the screw im. and that the st m', with the roil m thereon, is fast to thennder side of said lever m, and the roll m open said stud ex;V tends down throu h'the oval slot shownin the supporti) ancbears against theace of the cam or oval figure d, (not shown in Figi. 1; for the above-named reason, but pleiniy shown in Fig. 10,) and it will4 be plamthet movement is importedY to the lever m-h A"the e d (shownin Fig. l() acte! ing open the ro 'm' upon the 'stud m", `fast inl the lever m, and movement is imparted'to 'thejever n through' theV block `n", which is 'shown movably ...secured to the levers m and o by the screw n', 4"passing through said lever and said block n.endv through the siotfin said lever By observing the position of the devices shown the mechanism in Fig. 3 and @the poe. Asitioncof these devices shown in Fig. l and the positionof the yoke E, (shown in Fig. 2,) whiohis ninety de ees from the position in whichits in practlce when the' sewing of a igure is :be n,iit he understood that the operative gilvices of :the An'ieohine are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in the position'in which they are in practice when the machine is sewing and after the oke and stitch-forming de vices are turns oneuarter of e revolution. This mechanism shou d be kept inmind untii it is again referred to.

Attention is csled to the cam and gear d which'ere shown in Fig. 10. YThe fece of seid cam and gear is represented by the line which incloses the oval igure or earn. To

' understand that said cam causes the iever m i necessary to reason as follows:

(shown in Fi Ilto he moved back and forth etV every he. -revolution of said cam, it is Q 1) S against thatpart of the cenni (shown in 10) that is farthest from the eentero the com. t again stpwwhen the Eposite part of the cam is against the earn-ro or, in

' le, feet to the stud other words, after the cem is turned a halfrevolution. During the time that the com is moving e. half-revolution the stitch-form ing deviees are turned on account of seid cam a. half-.revolution and back again to the istartngpoint, stitchin a circular gure on 'the I materiel and stitc ng back over the gure onlin other words,l stitching over the figure twice. A

.When the machine is reed to beginto stitch e''grne upon e materie theyoke E (shown in ig. 2) is held ninety degrees from thepositionin which it is shown in the drewing's, andthe roll m* on the stud we in the lever m shown in Fig. 1') is held end ofY t e'slot lc in the ber Tc te the right infFig. 1 einst. the stress of VYthesp'r k, 'secured to t Y estudie in the lever im., en the stud is inthe bed-plate A onaeeount of the face of Ythe cam (shown in Fig. 10) being ne. inst the roll 'ms u on the stud m,.fast to 't e lever m,

ing'the har k toward the right in seid figure, causing the bell-crank lever k, pivoted u on `its pivot ks end connected with the har 7c by Athe screw 7c and alsoconneoted with the groove in the collar is', to holdI the drivingstress ofthe spri Y Vki, fast to the earingJ, end around the drlving-shat I andfast to e washer bearing against the disk Vlirphoidin of the shaft in the (shown in Fi 1,) is turned by hand-power, which turns t `e shaft h. e Said shaft turns the Worm g fest thereto, seid ,worm toms the worm-wheel g, connected therewith, end seid worm-wheei turns the gear e fest thereto, end the eers turns the cam and geel* d, (shown Ye so in Fig. 10,)A which meshes into said genre, end 'the part ofthe een;V which is farthest from the oenterof the cam is moved ewa; Yfrein YYthe roll m onthe stad se?, fest in the everegshown in 1,) whereupon the Y inthe ievermand tnhe Stud 7c in -the bed-plete, puls 'the "'l'ever'm toward theleft in Fig'. 1

mongie@ solvente the ri itt-tend and of the slot'cinthe has' if, w'ereupon the l', fast to the be i J and around the 'j Efing-shaftl and'fulstl tot ewa'sher-bea "eg'inst the diskc forces said shaft to'theri ht inrigiendsaidshsefefstheeacson Sk A fast thereto out of frictions] contact with the friction disk or brake b and into frictional egeinst' the Sshown 1nr Fig. 1,) thereby holdthe clutch member Alvoutfof contact wit shaft I toward the left in Fig. 1 a einst the IOC ` ection is es'olows: A piece 'of me.-

in: Fig. 14,) eing then on v4the square end vh journal-bearings h and h*,' r

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therebyl contact with the revolving driving-pulley H, whereupon the driving-shaft I, eccentric s, eccentric-strap s pawl-carrier shaft h, worm g', worm-wheel g, gear e, ast thereto, and cam and ear d are moved, and the lever m (shown in i 1) is swung in one direction upon its pivoty the power of the spring ks acting upon the lever m and in the opposite direction by the cam d acting upon the roll ml outside of the cam d, (shown in Fig. 10,) and as the lever m is connected to the block n" b the screw n (shown 4in Fig. 1) and as the lock n is movably connected with the lever n (shown in Fig. l) by the screw n', which passes through the lever m and the block n and through a slot in the lever n, the lever n is swung on its pivot o, whereu on the yoke E, com rising its journals b an b (shown in Fig. 4 and devices for vibrating stitch-forming devices and stitch-forming devices, also are turned, as hereinabove described, thereby causing the stitch-forming devices which are also started in o eration to stitch a circular gure, as hereina ove described.

The novel mechanism comprising the lever n is hereinabove described in the description of the devices shown in Fig. 3, and it has been demonstrated that b turning the lever n a short distance the y0 e E is turned one-half a revolution. Therefore the action of this turning mechanism is not described here, simply because it would be unnecessary repetition. After the stitch forming devices have stitched over the figure the second time, as hereinabove described, and are returned to the position inwhich the were in at the time the machine was starte into operation, the cam d, (shown in Fig. 10) acting upon the roll m3 on the stud m", fast in the lever m (shown in Fig. 1,) forces the roll m, secure to the stud m5,fast in the lever m, against the end of the slot k" in the bar k", (shown in Fig. 1,) which forces the bar 1c to the right in Fig. 1, which moves theb'ell-crank lever k, connected with the bar lc by the screw k, on its devices of the machine may be pivot k, which, acting in the groove of the grooved collar k', fast tothe driving-shaft I, moves the driving-shaft bodily endwise, whereupon the friction-disk A', fast to the driving-shaft I, is carried bodily by said driving-shaft out of rictional contact with the revolving driving-pulley H and into frictional contact with the fctlon disk or brake b, Whereu n the machine ceases to operate upon t e material while the loose drivingpulley H is rotating, leaving the cam-roll m (shown in Fig. 1) against that cam (shown in Fig.` 10) that is farthest from the center of thecam, so that the operative again started in operation on account of turg the handwheel F, as hereinabove descri It should be understood that when the handswheel F is turned by hand-power, as

part of the aforesaid, to start the operative devices of the machine into operation the yoke E and the stitch-forming devices are thereby moved by hand-power into a proper osition to begin a gure upon the materia I do not limit my invention to the precise construction of the mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 1;but I consider that the combination of pivoted levers ana connectin devices between said levers, as shown in ig. 3, combined with devices whereupon journals and devices for vibrating com lemental stitchforming devices above an below a Worksupport may be turned a half-revolution, is of my invention. i

The ratchet mechanism comprises the devices shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. l amnot the first to devisea compound ratchet mechanism-viz. ,a ratchet mechanism in which pawls are set so that a pawl may be enga ed Witha ratchet-tooth 'by moving the paw -carrier a shorter distance than the length of a tooth. However, I believe that I am the first to devise a compound ratchet mechanism in the manner shown b Figs. 7, 8, and 9. By examining the ratc et shown in Fig. 8 it will be observed that three ratchets are fastened together in such relative ositions to each other that the teeth in eac row of teeth are not in line with each other, or so that reckoning from the hub of the ratchet (shown in' Fig. 8) the first tooth in a row is a little ahead of the second tooth in the same row. In Fi 7 it is shown that the awl p is enga ed Wit a ratchet-tooth, and E Fig. 9 it Wi be observed that three paw s p are in direct line with each other. The factis that there are two other pawls directl under awl in the groove, asis shownin ig. 9. t wi be 0bserved that a small movement of the pawlcarrier (shown in Fig. 7) engages a pawl directly under pawl p with a ratchet-tooth, a`

second movement of said pawl-carrier engages another pawl directly under awl p, a third engages the pawl p2, a fourt enga es another pawl directly under pawl p, a h

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engages another pawl under the last-named pawl, a sixth en ges paw! a seventh engages a paw] 'rectly un er pawl p', an eighth engages another pawl directly under the last-named paw] a ninth engages pawl p a second time, and so on. I believe that ratchets fastened 'together as shown .in Fig. 8 or so that the teeth in the rows of teeth are out of line with each other, combined with a pawl-carrier and pavvls connected therewith, v

as shown in 9, and arranged asis shown IlFig.7il10 eltht :11:1:

"'"ii teeth as aforesaid-wk., the paw in the first mw the teeth consecutively, then all the pawlsm the second row the'teeth tivel then all the paw in thethirdrowtheteethconsecutivljmdthell o 'van n forms a novella i t of my inwiththerstrow--- nhaving described the new compound ratchet vention. Bv this construction ratchet-teeth may be made strong, while the lost :notion of the owl-carrier is reduced to a minimum. It wil be understood that friction-clutch members havin conical surfaces combined with a friction disk or brake is an old combination; bu tl believe that said old combination combined with the driving-shaft I adapted to be moved cndwise and means whereupon it is moved endwise, thereby forcing the coni cal surface of the friction-clutch member A intov frictional contact with the conical friction-surface, which is rotated on account of the driving-pulley H, and out of frictional Contact with said friction-surface and into f-rictional contact with said conical surface of said friction disk or brake forms a novel construction which is of my invention,

VHaving' hereinabove described that part of the sewing mechanism by which the stitchforming devices are fed or moved in a circular direction in relation to the material and mechanism employed and having spoken of the novel devices of said clutch mechanism,V attention is now called to that part of the sewing mechanism by which the stit'ehlorrning devices are vibrated to formV stitches.

Fi 2 shows that when the disk' is is rotate by the driving-shaft I that the roll k5 movably secured to the wrist-pin fast in said disk k, is carried in the cam-slot k in the iever l and that the lever l is rocked uponits ivot-screw r, and that the upper end of said ever l is vibrated u i and down.

With the neediear r (shown in Fi 2) the sleeve r is rotatably connected. aid sleeve is revented from being raised u on said need e-bar by the collar fr, securedJ to said needle-ber. Pivotally connected withV said sleeve 1'" is the stein r" by the screw r, Said stem r1 is inserted into a hole in said lever Z, as is shown in Fig. 2. Therefore it will be plain that when the upper end of the lever l is vibrated the stem carriedY by the lever l vibrates the sleeve r, which moves the nee-V dle-bar 1' up and down in the journal of the yoke E. It will be vobserved that said needie-bar is free to turn in the sleeve r while said needle-bar is being vibrated, so that the needle'bar may be turned with the yoke E while it is being vibrated. The device connecting t e needle-bar and lever l in itself is old; but 't forms a part of novel combinations Awhen combined with these devices. The s line-key r (shown in position in Fig. 2 and a so shown in F' 12) ts in the more Y in the upper needleal', (shown in t!) which revente said needlebar r from in rotated) without rotating the yoke E imita#777V lows said needle-bar to be vibrated llnfte journal t of the oke E. When the upper end Kof the lever is being vibrated, inpiaeYV tice te vibrate the needle-bar r said needle Y movessai bar is rotated by said yoke, and the lower enf of said lever l is moved to and fro longitudinelly of Fig. 2 and the roll r on the stud r', fast in sai lever,` is thereb carried in the cam-slot r3, which cam-slot 1n the end of the lower lever r* is shaped substantially like half a rhonibus, and said lever is thereby rocked u on ltspiv'ot rf in the bracket D, (shown in lgs. 1 and 2,) thereby vibrating the other end o f the lower lever r up and down. l behave that I am the first to provide a lever with a eain-slot therein and to provide meansfor moving a device in-said earn-slot and to combine said devices with journals and complemental rotate stitch-forming devices above and beneatl a work-su ort, where upon the stitch hereinafter desem ed is formed with two threads, and this part of my invention is shown, described, and claimed in the above-mentioned application on file, and the elainls appended hereto upon this construction are made with respect to the claims in Ysaid application.

,The stem'r in a hole in the end of the Ylower lever 1" is thereby vibrated up and down by said lower lever, and as said stem r? Yis pivotally secured to the sleeve 11 by the Yscrew fr said sleeve 1'7 is vibrated, and as the needle-ber is rotatably secured in position in Vsaid sleeve r bythe collar r1 the needle-bar r9 is vibrated by said sleeve while it is rota Y tably secured to said sleeveand is turned'in VVsaid sleeve 1" by the journal o of the yoke E. YIt will be observed b Figs. 2 and 4 that said needle-bar is movab y mounted in the lower ournel t of said yoke. It will also be plain y Fi 11 2, and 3 that said lower iournal b', with evices for actuating stitchforming devices movably secured thereto, is turned Y when said lower needle-bar is vibrated. Fig. '4 shows that the looper-earrier r is vibrated on its pivot r on account of the device r, vibrated in the cam-slot r in the looper-carrier r" throu l1 the bar r, which isvibrated in the journa b', and that the looper is car ried by said loo er-carrier, and therefore the claims appends hereto upon this part of my invention are made with respect to the claims upon substantially the same construction shown and described in the abovenamed a plication on file. Attention is called to tllle loop-spreader t, shown movably secured to the journal b of the yoke E in Fi s. 4 and 2. It will beobserv'ed that when t e u per needle-bar r" is vibrate-fl as aforesaid tlle pin t', rigidly secured in said needle-bar, Yis forced by said needle-bar against the inclined ed e t of the loop-spreader, which sloop-spreader ton its pivotscrew is; tbereb expanding the s ring t, secured to a screw in said loop-s rea er and to a screw in the oke E. Stitc es ,are `formed by the Ystitc -formin devices shown in Figs. 2 and 4 as follows: T e under needle t7 is moved u ward, and the looper t is moved toward t e left in Fig. 4, ands loop of the under thread IOC is carried in a vertical line by the under necl be manually operated to allow said spring to dle t up through a material resting upon the j move said means to move said shaft as aforethroat-plate r, (shown in Fig. 11,) which is then secured in the slot r" 1n the yoke E, (shown in Fig. 4,) and said loop is carried under the point of the upper needle t5 by the loop-s reader t, and a loop of the upperthrea is carried down through the loop of the under thread above the material and throu h the material, and a loop of the under threa is carried throu h said loop of the upper thread beneath t e material and up through the material, and repetitions of these movements form stitches 1n the material with two threads.

Having thus described this invention and pointed out its principal novel devices, I claim as follows:

l. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a yoke comprising two journals one above the other and each rotatably mounted; devices whereupon stitches are formed movably mounted upon said journals and adapted to be turned with said. yoke; a crank E* fast to one of said journals; a ivoted lever 02,' a movabler connecting device E between the lcrank E1 and the lever o2; another pivoted lever n; ar movable connecting device ns between the lever n and the lever oz; suitable mechanism comprising sultable means for moving the lever n on its pivot, whereupon said journals and said yoke E are turned; and also comprisin suitable means for actuating said devices W lereupon stitches are formed.

2. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a journal rotatably mounted; another journal rotatably mounted above said journal; devices whereu on stitches are formed movably mounte on said journals; connecting means between said journals whereupon the other journal is turned if one journal is turned; a crank Ex fast to one of said journals; a pivoted lever 02; a movable connecting device E between the crank E and the lever o2; a movable connecting device ns between the lever n and the lever 0; suitable mechanism comprising means for actuating said devices whereupon stitches are formed, and comprising means for moving said lever yn on its pivot.

3.. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following nstrumentalities, viz: a drivingshaft rotatabl supported and adapted to be moved en wise and rotated; a loose driving-pulley rotatabl mounted; a clutch member connected wit said drivin pulley and adapted to be rotated therewitlgi' another clutch member connected with sai driving-shaft and adapted to be rotated therewith; means compriain a spring for moving d driving-shaften wise to engage said clutc members; and means adapted to said; suitable mechanism whereupon stitches are formed connect ed with said drivin g-shaft.

4. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a driving shaft rotatably supported and adapted to be moved endwise and rotated; a loose driving-pulley rotatably mounted; a clutch member connected with said drivingpulley and adapted to be rotated therewith; another clutch member connected with said driving-shaft and adapted to be rotated therewith; a friction-brake; means for automatically movil said driving-shaft endwise to disenga e saiclutch members and to engage said iction-brake with one of them; suitable mechanism whereupon stitches are formed connected with said driving-shaft.

5. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a

driving-shaft rotatably supported and adapted to be moved endwise and rotated a loose driving-pulley rotatably mounted; a frictionclutch member connected with said drivingpulley and adapted to be rotated therewith; another friction-clutch member connected with said driving-shaft and adapted to be rotated therewith; means comprising a spring to move said drivin -shaft endwise to engage said friction clutc members; and means ada ted to be manually operated to allow sai sprin to move said shaft endwise suitable mec ianism whereupon stitches are formed connected with said driving-shaft.

6. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a driving-shaft rotatably supported and adapted to be moved endwise and rotated; a loose driving-pulley rotatably mounted ;V a frictionclutch member connected with said drivingpulley and adapted to be rotated therewith; another friction-clutch member connected with said driving-shaft and adapted to be rotated therewith; a friction-brake means for automatically moving said drivin -shaft endwise to disengage said friction-c utch members and to engage said friction-brake with one of them; suitable mechanism whereupon stitches are formed connected with said driving-shaft.

7. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a driving-Shaft rotatably sup orted and adapted to be moved endwise and rotated; a loose driving-pulle rotatably mounted; a corneal friction-clutc member connected with said driving-galley and adapted to he rotated therewit another corneal friction-clutch member connected with said driving-shaft and adapted to be rotated therewith; means l t 1 a. spring for moving said driving'- y endwise to engage said conical frictionclutch members; and means adapted to be ICO ` friction-cinte anatre ical 'frictionmlutch members; suitabie ansm whereu on stitches areVY formedfeennected .with said driving-Shaft.

8. In a sewing-machine the cenfibiiiation of the followingV Viristrium'entalities, viz:VY driving-shaft rotatably suported and adapted to be moved endwise an rotated; a ioose drivingpuiie rotatably mounted; a'conicai 'member connected with said driving-lulley and adapted to be rotated therewit another conical friction-clutch member connected with said driving-shaft and ada ted to be rotated therewith; a fric. tion-bra e; means for automatically movin said driving-,shaft endwise to diseegage sai conical friction-clutch members and to engage said friction-brake with one of them; suitable mechanism whereupon stitches are formed connected with said driving-shaft.

9. In a sewing-'machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a driving-shaft rotatably supported and adapted' to be moved endwise and rotated; a loose driving-poile rotatably mounted; a conical friction-clutch member. connected with said driving-ulley and ada ted to be rotated therewit a clutch mem er having two conical friction-surfaces connected with said driving-shaft andl adapted to be rotated therewith; means comprisin a spring for moving said driving-shaft en :wise to engage said conica friction-clutch riiembers, and

means adapted to be manually operated toA allow said sring to move said shaft endwise to engage t e conical friction-clutch meme bers; suitable mechanism whereupon stitchesVY are formed connected with said driving-shaft.

i0. In a' sewing-machine the combination of the oilowing 'instrumentalities, via: a drivin -shaft rotatably supported and adapt-V ed to ge moved endwiee and' rotated; la loose driving-pulle; rotatably mounted; a conicai friction-cinte member connected with said driving uliey and adapted to be rotated 'therewit another conical friction-clutch member connected with .said driving-shaft and adapted to be rotated therewith; a conical friction-brake; means for automatically moving said driving-shaft endwise to diseng'age said clutch members and to engage said conical friction-brake with one of them; suitable mechanism whereu on stitches are formed connected-with sai driving-shaft.

11. I-n a sewing-machine thecombination, Y

instrumentalities, viz: a

of the follcwin loose driving-pu ley; a journal upon which said driving-pulley is rotatabl secured; a drivin -sha trotatably mounte insaid journal an adapted to be moved endwise and rotated a cutch member connected with said driving-llilulley' and adagted to be rotated therewit ;another clutc member connected hp cii stitches are formed connected A said driving-shaft.

with said driving-shaft and 'adapted to barototem therewith; means comprising a spring jerwmovi said driving-shaft endwise to engiagearedY e etch members, and means adapt- 'elo manuell operated to aiiow said sgring to move sai means to move said shaft Logstico; suitable mechanism whereipon stitches are formed connected with said ing-shaft. A Y Y 12. In -a sewing-machine the combination of the .followin instrumentalities, viz: a loose driving-pn ley; a journal upon` which saiddriving-pulleyie rotatabl secured; a drivin -sha trotatably mounte in said journa an adapted to be moved endwise and rotate'd a clutch member connected with said -driving-pulley and ada ted tobe retated therewith; another cliitdh member connected with said driving-shaft and ada ted to be rotated therewith; a friction-braga, means for aii'tomatioai moving said Ydriving-shaft endwise to disengage said clutch members and to enga e said friction-brake with one of them; suita le mechanism where;

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i3. In a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentaiities, viz: a driving-shaft; stitch-forming devices; suitlabe vconnecting mechanism between said driving-shaft and said stitch-forming devices whereii on said stitch-forming devices are vibrate to form stitches, and whereupon said stitch-forming devices are turned in reiation to the material rand aisogeomprisng a ratchet formed by securing three ratchets to- IOO gather so that the teeth are not in aiinement,

and `a pawl-carrier having grooves therein and three pawis in each groove and a spring for moving each pawl. 14. In ,a sewing-machine the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a drivingehaft' suitable stitch-forming devices; suitab e connectin mechanism between said driving-shaft an said stitch-forming devices whereu on Said stitch-ormin devices are vibrate `to form stitches, an

-Whereupoii said stitch-formin devices areY turned in reiation to the material; and also com rising a ratchet formed by securing three rato ets together so that Vthe teeth are not in alinemeiit, and a pawi-carrier having grooves therein and three pawls in each cove and a-s'pring for moving each pawl; an also comprisin a worm YVan' worm-wheel mechanism. 15. n Ea Sewingfmachine the combination of the following instrumentaiities, viz: a Y.

mechanism comprising stitchforming devices aiid cogpiismg a drivin -shaft adapted to Vbe mov endwise an rotated two clutcirmembers adapted to be automatically engaged by moving said shaft endwise' means for moving said shaft endwiee; an

connecting means between said shaft and said stitch-forming devions by members adagbed to be automatically undevlees am movod in mlation by moving said shaft endwise; moms to the mammal, said oonneotng or mo said shaft endwise; and connecta worm and worm-Whse! mching means tween said shaft and said stitch- 5 animi. formingdevicesb whic saidstibch-f mq 16. In a sewing-machine the oombinaton devisam mo inrola ontothama a l of the following intnlitis, viz: a FRANK L.' HARMON.

.u .a L; stibchforming de- Witnesses: rismga 'ving-shaft mdnptd Burns H. Woommnr, Jr., lo to be moved endwise and rotated g two clutch Fullers S. Bmm'onn. 

